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Question: How does alcohol affect college student's relationships?  

Author’s Name below:
Quality of friendship
Significant others/dating
Peer pressure and influence
“College culture”
Borsari, Brian, and Kate B. Carey.
Peer relationships influences drinking via three pathways: 1. Lack of relationships 2. alcohol use being an integral part of peer interactions, 3. peers disapprove of alcohol

“For example, alcohol use in college students has been linked to both the presence and absence of social support in their lives.”

Palmeri, Josephine M.


By modeling these behaviors to their peers, college students are viewing alcohol use as a positive and socially acceptable experience
Over 80% of college students have at least one alcoholic drink over a two week time period. Of these college students, 40% are binge drinking.
Rini, Jen.



65% of college students drink alcohol in a month. 44% of 18-to-22-year-old college students reported drinking five or more drinks on an occasion at least once in the last 30 days.
Khaddouma, Alexander, et al.

Diminishing  connections and decreasing the quality of relationships.
“Heavy alcohol use and subsequent negative consequences.”


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